THE TYNEDALE FLANKER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

BEN BELL

1. Play-acting footballers

I’d like to put in footballers who try to act tough while playing yet if there’s the slightest bit of contact, they fall to the floor pretending to be hurt and put on an Oscar-winning performance. There have been instances in recent seasons where this has happened in the top levels of rugby, but I haven’t come across it in the National Leagues, not at the moment anyway, and I hope I never do. Play hard and fair and share a drink afterwards is my ethos...